To be 100% honest I think the lack of noise at home especially is partly due to the brand of football we now play. It’s possession based and much of it between the back 4 and goalkeeper. The number of times when we actually get in behind, or move the ball into the final 3rd at pace, with players busting to get in the box is very minimal, so we don’t actually play in a way that has people really excited, with bums off seats and roaring the boys on. The ground and 3 sides clearly don’t help one bit, but much of the lack of atmosphere is because we simply don’t go all out for goals, so just don’t generate the sort of excitement that back in the day had people constantly off their seats or jumping up and down.
It‘s very much a 2-way thing. Give the fans something to be really excited about in terms of shots and goalmouth action and they will give back with noise. I think it’s fair to say that at home this season especially our best play has been kicking to the car park end. I used to be excited when the 2nd half started, kicking to the East Stand expecting a real onslaught at the oppositions goal, but that just doesn’t seem to happen these days, as our style doesn’t match that sort of ambition. We have the odd 5 minute spell here and there but just not the overall way of playing to generate the atmosphere that many of us crave and would love to hear at every home game, regardless of who we are playing.